FLOODING: studies and observations about the frequency and magnitude of paleo and historic regional floods (snow melts, atmospheric rivers and cloudbursts), and the catastrophic impact to the engineered hydraulic works of the Colorado River Basin that is inevitable as flood control capacities are compromised by sediment fill in reservoirs and the ageing of infrasructure.

• 2008 - Paleoflood Hydrology; Origin, Progress, Prospects. Baker.
• 2020 - Quantitative Paleoflood Hydrology. Benito, Harden & O'Conner.
• 2020 - Bibliography: Paleoflood Hydrology. Benito. Benito, Harden & O'Conner.
• 2021 - Historical Paleoflood Analyses for Probabilistic Flood-Hazard Assessments: Approaches and Review Guidelines. Harden.

NEWS

• 2023 - The Trillion Gallon Question: What If Californias Dams Fail? By Christopher Cox for The New York Times.

DOCUMENTS

• 1862 - The Great Flood of 1862. Wikipedia.
• 1862 - A narrative of John Doyle Lee's diary (Flood of 1862; atmospheric river). John Doyle Lee; Juanita Brooks, 1992; University of Utah Press.
• 1864 - The Journal of William H. Brewer; Book 3, Chapter 1. (Flood of 1862; atmospheric river).
• 1911 - Durango's worst flood ever. The Durango Herald.
• 1929 - Floods of the Upper Colorado. USGS; Follensbee.
• 1944 - Water Supply Paper 918. USGS; Dickinson.
• 1948 - Floods in Colorado. USGS; Follansbee.
• 1946 - Cloudburst floods in Utah. USGS; Woolley.
• 1962 - Floods in Utah: Magnitude and Frequency. Berwick.
• 1982 - Flood Review: Colorado River and Hoover Dam. ACOE.
• 1983 - Floods Reveal Water Policy Chaos. HCN.
• 1983 - Colorado River Flooding. Government Accountibility Office.
• 1984 - Hydrology Analysis of the Colorado River Floods of 1983. Vandivere.
• 1984 - Operation Glen Canyon Dam Spiliway: Summer 1983. Burgi.
• 1984 - Climate and the Colorado River: Limits of Management. Rhodes et al.
• 1985 - Floods from Dam Failures. USGS; Costa.
• 1985 - Dam Satety; Flood and Earthquake Criteria. NRC.
• 1988 - Estimating Probabilities of Extreme Floods. NRC.
• 1988 - Paleoflood Hydrologic Research in the Southwestern United States. Webb.
• 1990 - Probable maximum floods on the Colorado River. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1990 - Determination of an Upper Limit Design Rainstorm in the Colorado River Basin Above Hoover Dam. Reclamation.
• 1993 - Paleoflood Evidence for a Natural Upper Bound to Flood Magnitudes in the Colorado River. Enzel.
• 1994 - Paleofloods in Grand Canyon. O'Conner and Baker.
• 1995 - Flood (breached dam) of Virgin River in 1989. USGS; Carlson et al.
• 1998 - Dam failure inundation study & Inundation Maps. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1999 - The 1983 Flood at Glen Canyon Dam. Hannon.
• 2001 - Floods and riparian vegetation on the San Juan River. (Poster). Webb et al. US Geological Survey.
• 2001 - Paleohydrology of Flash Floods in Small Desert Watersheds of Western Arizona. House.
• 2004 - The Evolving Landscape of the Columbia River Gorge. O'Conner.
• 2005 - Initial-Phase Investigation of Multi-Dimensional Streamflow Simulations in the Colorado River, Moab Valley, Grand County, Utah. Terry A. Kenney. US Geological Survey.
• 2004 - Geochemical Discrimination of Five Pleistocene Lava Dam Outburst Flood Deposits in Western Grand Canyon, AZ. Fenton et al.
• 2004 - Hydrologic Hazard Curve Estimating Procedures. USBR.
• 2005 - Paleofloods near Moab, Utah. (Update) (Green River) (Cataract Canyon). (AGU Poster) Greenbaum et al.
• 2006 - Hydrologic Hazard Guidelines. USBR.
• 2006 - Peak Discharge of Pleistocene Lava Dam Outburst Flood, Grand Canyon, Arizona. Fenton et al.
• 2008 - Evolution of Hoover Dam Inflow Design and Flood Study. (2002 version). Swain.
• 2008 - Paleoflood Hydrology; Origin, Progress, Prospects. Baker.
• 2009 - Flood Insurance Study Grand County. FEMA.
• 2009 - The Big Washout: The 1862 Flood in Santa Clara. Compton.
• 2010 - Flooding in the Dolores River Basin, Colorado and Utah: Insights from Paleofloods, Geochronology and Hydroclimatic Analysis. Cline.
• 2010- Evaluation of Paleoflood Peak Discharge Estimates in Hydrologic Hazard Studies. USBR.
• 2010 - Holocene Flood Histories in South-western USA. Harden.
• 2011 - Moab UMTRA Project 2011 Flood Response Summary. DOE.
• 2013 - Global Late Quaternary Fluvia Paleohydrology: With Special Emphasis on Paleofloods and Megafloods. Baker.
• 2013 - Atmospheric Rivers. Dettinger & Ingram.
• 2013 - USA Billion Dollar Weather & Climate Disasters: Data, Trends, Accuracy, Biases. NOAA.
• 2013 - Extreme Floods in a Changing Climate. USBR.
• 2013 - Appropriate Application of Paleoflood Information Info For Hydrology Hydraulic Decisions. ACOE. (Note: Blames nature, not humans.)
• Hoover Dam Impacts. J. David Rogers.
• 2014 - A 2000 Year Record of Magnitude and Frequencies of Largest Upper Colorado River Floods near Moab, Utah. Greenbaum et al.
• 2014 - Paleoflood Hydrology of Stillwater Canyon, Green River and Cataract Canyon, Colorado River (preliminary results). Greenbaum, et al.
• 2016 - Floodplain Development of the Green River in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Walker.
• 2016 - Climate Change and the Delta (Sacramento River). Dettinger et al.
• 2017 - Global Floods and Water Availability Driven by Atmospheric Rivers. Paltan.
• 2017 - Video: Scientific Thinking to Remedy "Black Swans," "Wicked Problems," and Assorted Science / Policy Failures. Baker. Powerpoint  & archived here. Baker.
• 2018 - Colorado River High Water Mark Report (Grand Canyon NP). Vrymoed
• 2019 - Paleoflood hydrology on the lower Green River, upper Colorado River Basin, USA: An example of a naturalist approach to flood-risk analysis. Liu et al.pdf
• 2019 - Paleoflood Hydrology of the Colorado River System: Implication for Climate Changes. USBR.
• 2019 - Atmospheric Rivers Drive Flood Damages in the Western United States. Corringham.
• 2020 - Holocene Extreme Paleofloods and Their Climatological Context in Upper Colorado River Basin, USA. Liu et al.
• 2020- Eos: Reimagining The Colorado River By Exploring Extreme Events. Jacobs.
• 2020 - Holocene extreme paleofloods and their climatological context, Upper Colorado River Basin, USA. Liu et al.
• 2021 - Spatially Coherent Regional Changes in Seasonal Extreme Streamflow Events in Unted States and Canada Since 1950. Dethier.
• 2021 - Strandlines (driftwood) from Large Floods on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon NP, AZ. Sabol.
• 2022 - Flood Handbook Chapter 13: Paleo- and Historical Flood Hydrology. Baker.

GILA RIVER FLOODING

• 1984 - Floods of November 1978 to March 1979 in Arizona and West Central New Mexico. USGS.
• 1984 - Floods of October 1977 in Southern Arizona and March 1978 in Central Arizona. USGS.

• Lower Colorado River Front Work and Levee System. USBR.

GRAPHICS

• Graphic designer's conceptual image of 1 million cubic feet per second flowing over the crest of Hoover Dam after Glen Canyon Dam failure
• Flood peaks for 100-yr, 500-yr, 1000-yr & probable maximum in CFS
• Magnitude of paleofloods (Paleoflood reserach & documents)
• Photo of slackwater deposits with legend. Moab site.
• Photo of slackwater deposits with legend of flow in cubic meters per second. Moab site.
• Graphics of slackwater deposits; 3 pages: OSL dates, cross-sections and river profile. Moab site.
• Timescale of Atmospheric River Events in Central Valley, CA
• Minimum Required Colorado River System Storage Space
• Minimum Flood Control Releases at Hoover Dam
• Notable Floods above Hoover Dam
• Contents of major dams (including dead pool capacity) above Hoover
• High Water Line (80 feet) at Boulder Canyon before Hoover Dam construction
• Dam Safety Reports: Glen Canyon,Fontenelle and Navajo dams. ICOLD.
• 1862 - Photo: flooding from atmospheriic river event; Sacramento CA
• 1869 & 1871 - Powell Expedition diary entries of flood observances
• 1871 - JW Powell photo of high water zone driftwood snag in Cataract Canyon & the matching photo taken in 1999.
• 1889 - Schematic of Red Rock Bridge (Topock, AZ) indicating high water line of the 1857 and 1884 floods; ENLARGED
• 1921 - Flood near Moab, UT near Courthouse Wash Bridge
• 1941 - Spillway damage at Hoover Dam
• 1976 - Teton Dam Failure
• 1983 - Color photo of Glen Canyon Dam spillway failure from cavitation
• 1983 - Plywood extensions on spillway gate at Glen Canyon Dam
• 1983 - Flooding in the lower Colorado River near Blythe
• 1983 - Schematic of water releases of spillway emergency at Glen Canyon Dam
• 1993 - Floods that control the position of the envelope curve of the Colorado River basin
• 1993 - Summary of estimated paleoflood magnitudes in Colorado River basin

MEDIA: Videos and Radio

• Lecture on paleoflood hydrology in the Colorado River Basin. Victor R. Baker
• Interview with Victor R. Baker on paleoflood hydrology. KZMU Radio, Moab.

WEB SITES

• Dr. J. David Rogers. Missouri University of Science and Technology.
• Flood preparation and planning. Polygon (UK).

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